During the second legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City today, a question was asked about HB 1076 to drug test welfare recipients; this bill was killed in committee earlier this week. Responding to the question were Rep. Kristin Conzet, Rep. Jacqueline Sly, the prime sponsor of the bill, Rep. Lynne DiSanto, and Rep. Chip Campbell, a co-sponsor of the bill.
Read more ›Archive for January 30th, 2016
Video: Rapid City Crackerbarrel on Transgender Bills
At today’s legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City, a question was asked about why bills (HB 1008 and HB 11112) to deal with transgender issues in public schools was being brought when there had been no problems yet identified in public schools because of this.
Read more ›Corporate Income Tax for Teacher Salaries?
At the legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City today, a question was asked about whether the legislature might consider creating a corporate income tax to fund education and teacher salaries. Answering the question were South Dakota Rep. Jacqueline Sly (who served on the South Dakota Blue Ribbon Task Force on education), Senator Craig Tieszen, and Senator Phil Jensen.
Read more ›Rep. Lance Russell at the Rapid City Legislative Crackerbarrel Meeting
South Dakota Rep. Lance Russell of District 30 was one of the featured speakers at the second Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting today at the South Dakota School of Mines. Russell spoke about the discussions dominating the legislature concerning education funding, and specifically increasing teacher pay.
Read more ›Second Rapid City Legislative Crackerbarrel Meeteing
Today’s second Rapid City legislative crackerbarrel meeting covered topics such as education funding, teacher pay, video lottery revenue, crime and punishment, transgender issues, and more.
Read more ›Who Voted for That?
Who voted for open borders, anchor babies, abortion, restricting the right to keep and bear arms, ObamaCare, for our president to bow before despots and dictators, bank bailouts, a stagnant economy, and more rot plaguing our country?
Read more ›The George Washington Who Was Headed for Boston, Part Two
In part one of this article, I told you that in George Washington’s letter to Martha on June 23, 1775, the morning he was leaving Philadelphia for Boston to assume his position as commander-in-chief of the Continental army, he said to her, “I go fully trusting in that Providence, which has been more bountiful to me than I deserve.”
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